Here are a few of the books John MacArthur says have had a great influence on his life:

• Arthur Bennett, ed., The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions (Banner of Truth, 1975)
  
• Stephen Charnock, The Exisitence and Attributes of God
  
• J. I. Packer, Knowing God
  
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preachers and Preaching
  
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
  
• Arthur Pink, Spiritual Growth
  
• John R. W. Stott, The Preacher's Portrait
  
• Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes
  
• Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity